The experience of suburban modernity : how private transport changed interwar London /

This title explores how the adoption of new forms of private transport transformed inter-war suburban London. It shows how London's suburban middle classes used their newly found disposable income to enjoy driving, motorcycling and flying. It demonstrates that these new practices were welcomed...

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Autore principale: Law, Michael John (Autore)
Natura: Licensed eBooks
Lingua:inglese
Pubblicazione: Manchester : Manchester University Press 2014.
Serie:Studies in popular culture (Manchester, England)
Accesso online:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt18mvmqh
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Riassunto:This title explores how the adoption of new forms of private transport transformed inter-war suburban London. It shows how London's suburban middle classes used their newly found disposable income to enjoy driving, motorcycling and flying. It demonstrates that these new practices were welcomed by many, but met resistance to change from those who were dismayed by the accidents that resulted from increased mobility and the aesthetic and cultural changes that were the consequence of Americanization and suburban development.
Descrizione fisica:1 online resource
Bibliografia:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781847799432
1847799434
9781781707999
1781707995
9780719089190
0719089190